Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi was absent for the third time in a row from Inter Miami’s lineup due to leg problems, and his team’s 1:1 draw at home with New York City complicated the fight for promotion to the overseas MLS playoffs.
TASR, Pravda 01.10.2023 09:11
Inter is only on the 13th place in the incomplete table of the Eastern Conference and loses four points to the advancing position.
Messi has already missed the league match in Orlando and the US Open Cup duel against Houston. Health problems previously allowed him to play only 38 minutes against Toronto, he also missed the previous meeting with Atlanta and the World Cup qualifier against Bolivia.
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In addition to Messi, his former teammate from Barcelona, Jordi Alba, was also absent due to a muscle injury against New York.
According to Miami coach Gerard Martin, Messi trained only individually in recent days, and his participation in Wednesday’s match in Chicago is also at risk.
“He is training outside the main group, but he is feeling better and better. We will evaluate his condition before leaving for Chicago, but we will not take any chances. If the doctors assess that the risk still exists, we will not deploy it,” AFP quoted Martina as saying.
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Inter, without Messi and Alba, lost at home to NY City, and although they didn’t shoot on goal in 90 minutes of the game, they finally got at least a point. In the fifth minute of extra time, the young Argentine midfielder Tomas Aviles took care of the 1:1 tie.
Several foreign media remind that the season for Miami may end on October 21 and the new one does not start until February next year, which would mean Messi’s longest break without a competitive game in his career.
In November, he can play a qualifying match for Argentina. If he did not start in the national team jersey, he would face the longest match absence in history. So far, he has been without a game for 99 days during the coronavirus pandemic when he was a Barcelona player.
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